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ben bernanke defends his strategy at the federal reserve to do more to help the economy. >> susie: and how technology is making it possible for doctors to go paperless. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: the first day of the new quarter, kicks off with a blue chip rally. investors were encouraged by a report showing that american factories were busy in september. a popular index of national factory activity rose to 51.5 last month, from 49.6 in august. it was the fastest pace of production since may. but that upbeat news was overshadowed by comments from federal reserve chief ben bernanke, saying the economy is not growing fast enough to bring down the unemployment rate. we'll have more on that in a moment. those two events led to volatile trading here on wall street. the dow rose about 78 points, but was up as much as 155 points earlier. the nasdaq drifted in and out of positive and negative territory, finally losing more than 2.5 points, and the s&p rose almost four points. and, as suzanne pratt reports there are conflicting views on the state of american manufactur
ben bernanke defends his strategy at the federal reserve to do more to help the economy. >> susie: and how technology is making it possible for doctors to go paperless. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: the first day of the new quarter, kicks off with a blue chip rally. investors were encouraged by a report showing that american factories were busy in september. a popular index of national factory activity rose to 51.5 last month, from 49.6 in...
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so, i could be ben bernanke's speech writer because he says the same thing every time he goes in front of the senate is we don't see any particular problem with inflation. really, we don't corn prices just nearly double in three months. so, how is it there is no inflation? >> reporter: do you get any sense that the ethanol mandate is going to change under either administration under obama or if romney would get elected? >> well is sure seems like the word ethanol has turned into a pejorative and it's not exactly the most positive topic. i just don't know that turning food into gasoline is necessarily what we want to be doing in the long term. >> reporter: and it affects this market? >> you bet it does. as corn prices go up cattle prices go up. simple as that. that's an input cost to feeding cattle is corn, so you've got to take cattle prices higher to offset that. >> reporter: thanks very much. >> you bet. >> tom: a quiet ending to the third quarter for stocks the major indices falling. the s&p 500 spent the entire session in negative territory. it made three failed attempts to get to
so, i could be ben bernanke's speech writer because he says the same thing every time he goes in front of the senate is we don't see any particular problem with inflation. really, we don't corn prices just nearly double in three months. so, how is it there is no inflation? >> reporter: do you get any sense that the ethanol mandate is going to change under either administration under obama or if romney would get elected? >> well is sure seems like the word ethanol has turned into a...
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ben bernanke said in a speech that the economy still isn't growing fast enough to cut into unemployment. in the end, the dow jones industrial average gained 78 points to close at 13,515. the nasdaq fell more than two points to close at 3113. another major auto recall is in the works. honda announced plans to check more than 500,000 accords in the u.s. for a defective hose that can leak fluid and catch fire. the problem affects model years 2003 through 2007 of v-6 engine cars. the accord is the second best- selling car in the u.s., after the toyota camry. white house officials have acknowledged an attempt to hack the executive mansion's computer system. the associated press reported today the recent effort targeted an unclassified network, but the officials said the attack was spotted and stopped. there was no word on who was behind the attempt. a founder and leader of modern ecology, dr. barry commoner, died sunday. his work on radioactive fallout helped lead to the nuclear test ban treaty in 1963. he also was a prominent figure in the first "earth day" in 1970, and even ran for preside
ben bernanke said in a speech that the economy still isn't growing fast enough to cut into unemployment. in the end, the dow jones industrial average gained 78 points to close at 13,515. the nasdaq fell more than two points to close at 3113. another major auto recall is in the works. honda announced plans to check more than 500,000 accords in the u.s. for a defective hose that can leak fluid and catch fire. the problem affects model years 2003 through 2007 of v-6 engine cars. the accord is the...
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ben bernanke says no, but other economists disagree. what does the man who used to define recessions in america, for americans think? what does he think we can do to turn things around? professor feldstein is next. lauren: regulation nation. one ceo says your energy bill could rise and hundreds of jobs lost if the government's coal regulations go into effect. the ceo of alpha natural resources makes his case. that's coming up. ♪ ally bank. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >> right now we see an economy which is expanding. we see employment, which is one of the key indicators, still growing. so the we expect the economy to continue grow. that is our best forecast as of now. is so we're not expecting a recession, federal reserve chairman ben ber
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rich, you've been all over ben bernanke's defense of qe3. i thought he had a lot of interesting things to say. break it down for us. >> reporter: really a point-by-point defense of all the criticism he's been getting over the years on quantitative easing and now the expansion of that, talking about some criticism that low borrowing cost is encouraging the federal government to borrow and spend more money. he says, look, that's all set by congress and the administration, has nothing to do with us. he also talks about people who try to save money, put money in cds or bank accounts. he said overall for the economy savers will benefit by qe2, by qe3 because the economy overall will be better. he says he's not monetizing the debt. he says the fed will unwind all of this when it comes time, and he says he expects this type of monetary policy will be in place for a considerable amount of time after the economy strengthens. he also addressed a question posed to him by the fox business network asking whether or not the united states is currently in a
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like to see paul volcker but ben bernanke you know. just my quantitative easing ben. well in germany they're also having a very difficult time responding to this madness and the central banks around the world of course yen divider min he called this bond an asset buying he called it what he called it the devil's work well germany eyes gold standard this is a report by do each a bank cold gold adjusting zero they say we are in a time that is quote zero for growth yield velocity and confidence we believe that there are nearly zero real options available to global policymakers the world needs growth and is willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get it to patients dead you know those doctor shows are there due in part massage and then the doctor says. right now it's just a global economy it's dead it doesn't it's in a coma dissolving it's japan but no global the banks are completely comatose policymakers are smoking crack the wall street bankers are high on meth amphetamine they they're completely. entered into a period of utter and. social experimentation where were t
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you feel right now ben bernanke is irrelevant. what do you mean in. >> bill, i think the fed's done the most part, they've laid all their cards on the table. if you're playing poker, they're all in. it's qe unlimited. if $40 billion is not enough, they'll go to $50 billion, $60 billion, $100 billion. each qe has had less of an impact. they're targeting the markets. we all know mortgage rates are at lows. the problem is people can't get mortgages. whether they go down another quarter point, it's not going to matter. the fed is all in. they're going to keep going until it doesn't work. the real solution is in congress. i thing k we all now our politicians aren't adults. it's not going to work. >> rick santelli, what do you think? >> which is why -- >> go ahead, maria. >> go ahead, maria. >> no, no, please. >> i told ltotally agree with p. he nailed it. here's how weird it was today with traders on the floor and ben bernanke. they were keen on the notion they don't think there's a big return to qe 3, unknown future exit problems. eve
you feel right now ben bernanke is irrelevant. what do you mean in. >> bill, i think the fed's done the most part, they've laid all their cards on the table. if you're playing poker, they're all in. it's qe unlimited. if $40 billion is not enough, they'll go to $50 billion, $60 billion, $100 billion. each qe has had less of an impact. they're targeting the markets. we all know mortgage rates are at lows. the problem is people can't get mortgages. whether they go down another quarter...
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one possible reason, ben bernanke. the fed chairman defended his money printing ways today but he also said congress must do more to ss ace the recovery. >>> american express will pay more than $112 million. regulators allege that amex misled customers about debt collected, discriminated against certain card applicants and charged improper late fees. are we in a recession right here, right now? our own peter barnes asked fed chief ben bernanke today and he sort of made a joke of the whole thing. >> i know how it happens. it sort of happens over a nice meal at a french restaurant and -- [laughter] there is a discussion of the data and everybody says, what do you think? yeah, okay. melissa: that is his explanation for how the official committee decide whether or not we're in a recession. he didn't really answer the question it turns out. we get one piece of good news like the manufacturing expanding for the first time in four months. we still have a laundry list of bad numbers. unemployment still above 8%. second quarter
one possible reason, ben bernanke. the fed chairman defended his money printing ways today but he also said congress must do more to ss ace the recovery. >>> american express will pay more than $112 million. regulators allege that amex misled customers about debt collected, discriminated against certain card applicants and charged improper late fees. are we in a recession right here, right now? our own peter barnes asked fed chief ben bernanke today and he sort of made a joke of the...
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you saider ben bernanke. right. national bureau of economic research they have been slow to call recessions. 1970 downturn they waited eight to nine months to call recession. just this past recession they called it in september 2010, about a year after it had ended. that is the issue here. when will the officials come out and say we're in a recession? we don't know whether we are but sure feels like one that we're close to a double-dip, if not just flat-lining right now given that business confidence has taken a hit. we saw the business round table come out and say look, our confidence is a three-year low for business executives. ashley: yep. >> is it just a fiscal cliff or is it more? that is what we're trying to get to the bottom of. federal reserve district the report slowing down economic activity in a number of regions including philadelphia and kansas city. ashley: plenty to chew on. emac, thank you very much. tracy: we need replacement refs? ashley: there you go. tracy: viewers cutting too deep for their own
you saider ben bernanke. right. national bureau of economic research they have been slow to call recessions. 1970 downturn they waited eight to nine months to call recession. just this past recession they called it in september 2010, about a year after it had ended. that is the issue here. when will the officials come out and say we're in a recession? we don't know whether we are but sure feels like one that we're close to a double-dip, if not just flat-lining right now given that business...
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>> yes, i think that, again, i'm going it defend ben bernan bernanke. >> a shock. >> every time you say something-- >> i criticize him a lot. >> neil: i've never heard it. >> printing money and is necessary to prevent us from-- >> so you're worried and he's the only guy in the line of defense? >> you think there's somebody else? >> and mr. payne? is charlie going to bank on-- >> i'm sorry, i'm on to mr. payne. >> the ceo's-- the problem and they point specifically to the administration and listen, if you think this first, this war on success, this war on business is bad right now, a second term in my mind will be devastating because i sincerely believe the administration is going to have after profits generated overseas before they're brought back and reach over and take those profits and put them into infrastructure bank and i think there notion of taxing and the notion that the publicly traded companies that their property belongs to the public domain, of course the ceo's, every one of them have to be frightened. you've got 38 jars out there. the epa running amok. the national labor r
>> yes, i think that, again, i'm going it defend ben bernan bernanke. >> a shock. >> every time you say something-- >> i criticize him a lot. >> neil: i've never heard it. >> printing money and is necessary to prevent us from-- >> so you're worried and he's the only guy in the line of defense? >> you think there's somebody else? >> and mr. payne? is charlie going to bank on-- >> i'm sorry, i'm on to mr. payne. >> the ceo's-- the...
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that's right he was given the two fingered salute the big bit of ben bernanke oh as they say over max that's also known as the harissa myth of the tongues of the last scotland and the headline that goes with this q e three will not fix america's problems warns paul volcker paul volcker the former federal reserve chairman credited with taming the inflationary threat of the one nine hundred seventy s. has warned that further quantitative easing will fail to prepare economies in europe and the u.s. well why i am a federal reserve bank which is the lender of last resort responsible for taking the punch bowl away when the party gets to rot is not do their job instead of being the lender of last resort there's a buyer a first resort they buy every schlock piece of junk bond that these investment banks that used to destroy the economy they'll take in their buyer and very garbage bond out there this was to be the buyer of first resort just went through the lender of last resort think completely screwed this thing up they got it all backwards and paul volcker of course back in the seventy's ea
that's right he was given the two fingered salute the big bit of ben bernanke oh as they say over max that's also known as the harissa myth of the tongues of the last scotland and the headline that goes with this q e three will not fix america's problems warns paul volcker paul volcker the former federal reserve chairman credited with taming the inflationary threat of the one nine hundred seventy s. has warned that further quantitative easing will fail to prepare economies in europe and the...
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our fed, ben bernanke is obviously all-in. tepid super conservative bank of japan two weeks ago pumped a couple million dollars in their own market. bank of japan was out of the game until couple weeks ago. taking your money out of here is probably good idea is taking pictures of lindsay lohan in her hotel room at 6:00 in the morning. melissa: i like that joke. >> that is bad idea to do. melissa: if you're contrarian investor and see the individual investor get out in droves. a lot of time that is sign market is going up. i hate to say that, that is how sophisticated investors think, right? >> i agree. the typical plight of the individual investor is buy high and sell low. when you see people pouring money, like consumer confidence, melissa. when consumer confidence is low that's when you want to buy stuff because it will rebound. when it is high you totally sell. i think you take this information as a good sign for the market believe it or not going into what typically is good quarter and good period of time for equities here
our fed, ben bernanke is obviously all-in. tepid super conservative bank of japan two weeks ago pumped a couple million dollars in their own market. bank of japan was out of the game until couple weeks ago. taking your money out of here is probably good idea is taking pictures of lindsay lohan in her hotel room at 6:00 in the morning. melissa: i like that joke. >> that is bad idea to do. melissa: if you're contrarian investor and see the individual investor get out in droves. a lot of...
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fed chairman ben bernanke speaking right now out in indianapolis. he is about to take questions on the impact of the new qe3. in his prepared remarks, a full-throated defense of what he's done policiwise in the wake of the big financial crisis. we're going to bring it to you live. the fed and strong manufacturing numbers out today have the market squarely in rarely mode. the dow right now up 124 points, 1 13,561. >>> let's go where the action is. at the nyse. sue herera. >> as we wait for ben bernanke to begin that q&a session, we have a big stock market rally on our hands the first day of the trading quarter, up 123 points right now. bob pisani's joining me now on the floor. you're up a little sigh of relief there. a rally that's carried over to the u.s. but are the underpinnings here at home strong enough? >> new order xoen fent norcompo ism moved the market up in addition to follow-through from europe. the dow industrials were off the high 2-1 advancing to declining stocks. it was 3-1 earlier but you could see we've dipped a little just in the la
fed chairman ben bernanke speaking right now out in indianapolis. he is about to take questions on the impact of the new qe3. in his prepared remarks, a full-throated defense of what he's done policiwise in the wake of the big financial crisis. we're going to bring it to you live. the fed and strong manufacturing numbers out today have the market squarely in rarely mode. the dow right now up 124 points, 1 13,561. >>> let's go where the action is. at the nyse. sue herera. >> as we...
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his boss, ben bernanke, saying, things are really ugly. i have the numbers. i think that probably we should do something now because it is serious. lou: always put that away. whether it is serious the fact of the matter is this housing market looks like it is offering some support. but when you look at the broader , macro economic reality you have to question even whether this is an illusion. i think -- >> it is not inconsistent to look at the housing market. going down so low for so long with interest rates so low. people have to live somewhere. iran has moved up. housing may have bottomed out. it does not mean we will have a bull market in housing. having said that, the economic numbers you talked about when you are reporting, can amount to a caterpillar, they have the world view. intel came up. lou: fedex. >> fedex. the company's i listened to, of washington. they say come made a good. i was in china last week. it a good over there. lou: of course moving overseas. china where there is every suggestion, one of the newest from china, is there a sense that th
his boss, ben bernanke, saying, things are really ugly. i have the numbers. i think that probably we should do something now because it is serious. lou: always put that away. whether it is serious the fact of the matter is this housing market looks like it is offering some support. but when you look at the broader , macro economic reality you have to question even whether this is an illusion. i think -- >> it is not inconsistent to look at the housing market. going down so low for so long...
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guy ben bernanke who all you also say is. i'm not sure exactly what i'm talking about except that i'm i'm convinced that printing more money is the answer and so he just throws it out the windows and people go well you know oh yeah i can use. to collateralize one next job placement yeah it's a slow speed car chase but because as you say he's on bath salts he's injected bath salts into the banking system into the monetary system he thinks he's going like five hundred miles per hour like well going so fast. he's slowly crashing. out of me well don't you back of course as well go the way but all these other big money center banks are to big to fail banks are technically insolvent their liabilities are ten times greater than the equity their resale value was your own they've got nothing but a cartridge toner full of back there to crank out counterfeit collateralized obligations of other derivatives there's nothing there there's nothing but a bunch of answers on a wheel spinning around to drive the energy of a printing press well
guy ben bernanke who all you also say is. i'm not sure exactly what i'm talking about except that i'm i'm convinced that printing more money is the answer and so he just throws it out the windows and people go well you know oh yeah i can use. to collateralize one next job placement yeah it's a slow speed car chase but because as you say he's on bath salts he's injected bath salts into the banking system into the monetary system he thinks he's going like five hundred miles per hour like well...
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and you've got ben bernanke printing money. you know, i don't think that -- i think we got a little frothy on some of these commodity prices. look for them to form a bottom here and to start getting a bid. i think gold is going to start rallying here shortly along with soy, wheat and probably beef and pork. david: i tend to agree with you on gold anyway because the cb doesn't seem to be slowing down, and whether we like it or not, the fed's going to be printing money -- >> right. >> as long as we're getting free money from bernanke, i like to joke, gold's going to rally. i'm looking for $1800 an ounce relatively soon. but, you know, i think the real interesting thing is the s&p. we've got spain falling apart, and secession talk, and we've only managed to sell off around 2%? david: right, right. >> um, i think that's the real story here. we tested 1430, held. i'm looking for a rally, a relief rally tomorrow and a test of 1450 by the end of the week. david: all right. there's definitely going to be -- >> this is your opportunity
and you've got ben bernanke printing money. you know, i don't think that -- i think we got a little frothy on some of these commodity prices. look for them to form a bottom here and to start getting a bid. i think gold is going to start rallying here shortly along with soy, wheat and probably beef and pork. david: i tend to agree with you on gold anyway because the cb doesn't seem to be slowing down, and whether we like it or not, the fed's going to be printing money -- >> right. >>...
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>>> plus fed chief ben bernanke getting ready to take questions. we'll take you there live when he does. ♪ chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. zagat just gave hertz its top rating in 15 categories, including best overall car rental. so elevate your next car rental experience with the best. >>> welcome back on "halftime." so much for that gain in the nasdaq. we've given it almost all...
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all right we get it now even ben bernanke the fed with all of his tools the fed can't compensate for this fiasco. is a fiscal cliff is an address as i have said i don't think our tools are strong enough to offset the effects of major fiscal shock. so we have to think about what to do in that in that contingency. well we just hope that dr bernanke keeps thinking because we think he and his cohorts have done enough with their tools already so if they won't try to offset the impact then that's fantastic in our view but what exactly is entailed in the fiscal cliff anyway what here is a very simple definition except expiration of the bush era tax cuts as well as numerous other temporary tax cuts credits and deductions and acted by obama and this is coupled with major cuts in spending now this will hit in january of two thousand and thirteen and according to some it could push the u.s. back into recession now that's a simple version but as you can see by exhibit a this lovely chart compiled by the committee for a responsible federal budget there are homes of other tax increases and spendin
all right we get it now even ben bernanke the fed with all of his tools the fed can't compensate for this fiasco. is a fiscal cliff is an address as i have said i don't think our tools are strong enough to offset the effects of major fiscal shock. so we have to think about what to do in that in that contingency. well we just hope that dr bernanke keeps thinking because we think he and his cohorts have done enough with their tools already so if they won't try to offset the impact then that's...
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dynamics of what you call very cleverly benny robbing from timmy to pay to me ok we're talking about ben bernanke he intended the geitner of course so in what way is the fed directly subsidizing the government in your view yeah i think this is taken on you know we started with q.e. one then we had q.e. two that ultimately had operation twist and now we have something that doesn't really look like a free market anymore the fed owns about twenty percent of all the coupon treasuries that are outstanding but because of operation twist the fed now owns about thirty five percent of all treasuries that have maturities a five year or greater so effectively the has bought up a large chunk of the back and they have had a huge influence on rates and not just because of their direct purchases but you know every hedge fund myself we all know that the fed's out there buying so that makes you slightly more comfortable buying treasury just so you know you have this deep pocket investor who is going to continue buying and isn't particularly yield sensitive in fact is an old sensitive at all so i think th
dynamics of what you call very cleverly benny robbing from timmy to pay to me ok we're talking about ben bernanke he intended the geitner of course so in what way is the fed directly subsidizing the government in your view yeah i think this is taken on you know we started with q.e. one then we had q.e. two that ultimately had operation twist and now we have something that doesn't really look like a free market anymore the fed owns about twenty percent of all the coupon treasuries that are...
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lou: stock market closing out a terrific third quarter as ben bernanke's easy money policies make investors feel good. we take that up with lou, neant money line, stocks finishing lower on the day, but posting the third best quarter since 2010. the dow jones industrial's dropping 49 points. s&p is down six and a half, and nasdaq down 20, but still well off the lows of the day. dragging the market today, consumer spending, up just half a percent, increase because of higher gasoline prices. oversea, bank of spain releasing an audit showing seven of the countries failed stress tests despite anxiety about the eurozone. the big three indexes up 44% for the quarter. a federal judge today delivering a blow to the future trading commission and its effort to implement portions of the dodd-frank financial reform law. the judge rejected regulations that would have capped the amount of positions a trader can hold and the size of that position in various commodities. the chairman of the cftc says he's disappointed by the ruling and the agency is looking for new ways to get their way. well, my next guest
lou: stock market closing out a terrific third quarter as ben bernanke's easy money policies make investors feel good. we take that up with lou, neant money line, stocks finishing lower on the day, but posting the third best quarter since 2010. the dow jones industrial's dropping 49 points. s&p is down six and a half, and nasdaq down 20, but still well off the lows of the day. dragging the market today, consumer spending, up just half a percent, increase because of higher gasoline prices....
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thank you, fed chair ben bernanke is the way that concludes. >> basically what you have is an incredible tug-of-war. need to read the cover -- recovery has been very slow and it's going to slow down even more. the first down quarter earnings. number two, news is around this. it is just awful. the market goes up. people in your business have to find reasons to why the market went up. the market goes up because two-thirds of the trading had nothing to do with anything. lou: and the timeliness of those trades. >> no difference. high-frequency trading. lou: well, it gives us a substantial amount. >> pretty much balance and the tug-of-war is on the other side you have been bernanke who is a 1-trick pony who says, the way to deal with this problem is to continue to stimulate. he has now put the pedal to the floor because it has not worked, and he is going to continue to do the same thing. lou: amongst the many reasons that folks watching this broadcast have tried to discern what is happening with our political economy as best we can gather from the facts, evidence, and some serious hunches fro
thank you, fed chair ben bernanke is the way that concludes. >> basically what you have is an incredible tug-of-war. need to read the cover -- recovery has been very slow and it's going to slow down even more. the first down quarter earnings. number two, news is around this. it is just awful. the market goes up. people in your business have to find reasons to why the market went up. the market goes up because two-thirds of the trading had nothing to do with anything. lou: and the...
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and federal reserve chairman ben bernanke defended fed's policies for the first time since launching qe3, saying that fed needs to drive down borrowing costs because the economy is not growing fast enough to reduce high unemployment. surely there is a left in which employment can be created. >> there will belay offs at lockheed-martin in the beginning of the year, but they will not warn the employees of impeding li offs as it is legally retired to today, obama labor department told lockheed they do not need to abide by the law. telling lockheed it will cover potential legal costs if they incur any benpality, obama administration. clearly does not want those layoff notices delivered just days before the election. >> president obama downplaying expectations for wednesday's debate. saying he is an okay debater, according to a new washington post abc news poll, 55 percent of likely voters think that president will win this first debate, and 41% think that romney will win. joining me now, ed klein, author of "new york times" best seller "the amateur." great to see you, this is cute, the d
and federal reserve chairman ben bernanke defended fed's policies for the first time since launching qe3, saying that fed needs to drive down borrowing costs because the economy is not growing fast enough to reduce high unemployment. surely there is a left in which employment can be created. >> there will belay offs at lockheed-martin in the beginning of the year, but they will not warn the employees of impeding li offs as it is legally retired to today, obama labor department told...
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ben bernanke speaking today -- >> very good to be here. >> thank you. gerri: the federal reserve chairman speaking today and said we are not in a recession. it is not likely we will be in recession. very optimistic. very beat. are you? >> no. i think we are probably losing momentum if we are not in a recession we are close to. the big problem is at the end of the year if we have not done something about the fiscal cliff we are going to be in recession very definitely. the rest of the world is slowing down as well. so certainlthe momentum is not good. whether the growth nber for the fourth quarter is a half a percent or three-quartersof% or zero it will feel pretty much the same. we will be close enough to recession to put some real pressure on the lame-duck congress to do something about that fiscal clef. gerri: motors recent in a poll, 60 percent of them said the u.s. is in a recession. at some pint it ecomes self reinforcing from the people who could take us out of this we don't want to spend because they don't have confidence. >> sure. up until septe
ben bernanke speaking today -- >> very good to be here. >> thank you. gerri: the federal reserve chairman speaking today and said we are not in a recession. it is not likely we will be in recession. very optimistic. very beat. are you? >> no. i think we are probably losing momentum if we are not in a recession we are close to. the big problem is at the end of the year if we have not done something about the fiscal cliff we are going to be in recession very definitely. the rest...
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are these the numbers that forced ben bernanke, even though i don't think he is making the right move, is this what he felt compelled to do all he did in qe-3? >> we have seen this. third-quarter gdp number since 2008. we are churning through what happened inventory in the economy in 2008. we will live through the same cycle in 2012. we are really looking at the data that ben bernanke's right, it looks like we are looking into another recession here, even though the stock market says the all-time highs are bumping up levels where we would not be seeing additional stimulus. david: i hear a lot of people expressing their october surprises. we have had some of this before, 1987, is anybody down there expecting those? >> yes, they are. keep in mind, something happens that is profoundly different. we have seen a meaningful location out of consumer staples and financials end technology. that is eerie. people are really starting to get data. is this the beginning of the end of an october debacle or something new? that is the argument that is going on on the floor right now. david: what stock
are these the numbers that forced ben bernanke, even though i don't think he is making the right move, is this what he felt compelled to do all he did in qe-3? >> we have seen this. third-quarter gdp number since 2008. we are churning through what happened inventory in the economy in 2008. we will live through the same cycle in 2012. we are really looking at the data that ben bernanke's right, it looks like we are looking into another recession here, even though the stock market says the...
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i believe the federal reserve's stance, brought about you by ben bernanke, will serve as a bridge over fiscal cliff and not take us down. the federal stance will take higher paying dividend companies into gems, seeking income, we'll band in bonds of cash poor countries and buy cash rick countries with yields that well exceed treasuries and still own a lot of gold. there's not a nation on earth that doesn't want its currency lower. that reserve currency is gold. also not to toot my own horn too hard, but throughout this period i recognized primacy of some bigger stocks, intel, wells fargo, verizon come to mind or the recognition you must own, not trade, own apple until it's too expensive versus it's growth rate and it's not near there yet. you have now heard pretty much everything. you've heard the last of when i've done over the last 12 months, at least for this evening. while i can already see the youtube about how cramer himself admits he's always getting things wrong, i thought for posterity i should lead with something more positive about "mad money," the youtube clips you post or
i believe the federal reserve's stance, brought about you by ben bernanke, will serve as a bridge over fiscal cliff and not take us down. the federal stance will take higher paying dividend companies into gems, seeking income, we'll band in bonds of cash poor countries and buy cash rick countries with yields that well exceed treasuries and still own a lot of gold. there's not a nation on earth that doesn't want its currency lower. that reserve currency is gold. also not to toot my own horn too...